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Looking under what rises to the top: personal information in online searches
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 05:16:55 -0500
Begin forwarded message: From: Andy Oram <andyo () oreilly com> Date: December 10, 2008 1:34:28 PM EST To: dave () farber netSubject: Looking under what rises to the top: personal information in online searches
The search for self remains a powerful force, driving the flood of social networks, microblogging, and the posting of photos and videos to the Web. The urge toward self-definition exerts itself also when we search for information on other people--and that's where it becomes a problem. A survey (http://www.thenationalcampaign.org/sextech/) whose results were released today by the The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy shows that a large percentage of teens and young adults create sexually suggestive photos and text messages--and send them around to others rather promiscuously. It is no longer an option to ignore the Internet. Therefore, we must use the information with discernment. This mandates us to empathize with the reasons people put information online, and then to adapt our ways of viewing it: http://www.praxagora.com/andyo/article/search_discernment.htmlLooking under what rises to the top: personal information in online searches
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